groups: 30 per cent of NESB children receiving child care use formal services compared
with 35 per cent of non-NESB children (ABS 1992a:71).
Using a different measure of non-English-speaking background (a non-English
language spoken at home, either by itself or in conjunction with English), the AIFS
Early Childhood Study, however, found that these families were less likely to use
formal care than other families (Greenblat & Ochiltree 1993:28, Figure 13).
Children from non-English-speaking backgrounds have a varied pattern of
representation in CSP services and little is known of the differences in usage between
ethnic groups. Service types vary in the extent of use by children from non-Englishspeaking
backgrounds: 6 per cent of children using family day care, 6 per cent of
children using other formal care, 11 per cent of children using long day care, 11 per cent
of children using outside school hours care and 10 per cent of the total population of
children across all CSP service types were from a non-English-speaking background
(Table 4.18 NESB population figures, and Table 4.11 total CSP population figures). This
compares with 8 per cent of children 0—4 years and 11 per cent of children 5-12 years in
the 1986 Census of Population and Housing who had one or both parents or who were
themselves born in a non-English-speaking country, indicating that this special needs
group is adequately represented in CSP services. The priority of access for this special
needs group implemented by the CSP and the additional grants which fund the
employment of supplementary workers who assist integration into mainstream
services facilitate access to long day care services for this group.